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RETALIATE [2 records]

Record 1 2023-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Social Problems
  • Criminal Psychology
DEF

[Threaten, intimidate or treat] another person badly because that person filed a discrimination complaint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Psychologie criminelle
DEF

Menacer, intimider ou maltraiter une personne parce qu'elle a déposé une plainte pour discrimination.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
  • International Law
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Repay one injury, etc. with another; return like for like.

OBS

"retortion" or "retortion": "retaliation" - used chiefly of acts by which an aggrieved state treats the subjects of another state giving provocation in a manner similar to that in which the subjects of the state using retortion are treated by the state giving provocation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
  • Droit international
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

rétorsion : Action de répliquer par des procédés, des mesures analogues à celles dont on s'est servi contre soi. - Droit international : Procédé de coercition qui consiste, pour un Etat, à user à l'égard d'un autre Etat de mesures analogues à celles, préjudiciables, quoique licites, dont cet Etat s'est servi envers lui.

OBS

Ne pas rendre "retaliate" par "user de représailles", des "représailles" étant des mesures illicites et violentes.

Spanish

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